Residents who spoke to ZimEye.com accuse one Tonderai Chinyanga the ZANU PF youth leader of Kamwaza Township in Raffingora and Councillor Spencer Magaya (ZANU PF) for using party muscles in the distribution exercise.
“Tonderai Chinyanga paid people who had taken part in the presidential clean up campaign with a 50kg bag of compound D fertiliser per person, which is supposed to benefit everyone in the community,” said Joseph Amigo a Raffingora resident.
The clean up campaign is set to take place the first Friday of every month.
“While calling out the names of beneficiaries, the overzealous young man dared anyone who resisted this move to a fist fight much to the chagrin of to be beneficiaries who included teachers, nurses and all.” Amigo said.
But Chinyanga denied the allegations saying its the works of the G40 functionaries bent on tarnishing ZANU PF.
“Its the work of our enemies, the G40 who want to tarnish our good name. The distribution went properly as witnessed by officials from GMB and AREX,” said Chinyanga.
Angry residents who participated in the clean – up campaign but are not politically correct also want their lion’s share.
“What would happen if the whole community had turned up for the campaign ? How was he going to make sure they get paid and did the president say the clean up campaign is food for work or voluntary?,” asked a local resident who could not be identified.
Cllr Magaya was there at the distribution place and seemed to be in agreement that people get paid for doing community service.
Efforts to get a comment from Marian Chombo MP (Zvimba North) were fruitless.
Raffingora residents have called for transparency in distribution of food aid without the involvement of political parties.
ZANU PF officials and traditional leaders have on many occasions been accused for politicising food aid.-ZimEye